Wake Forest’s Travis McKie was watching ESPN recently when a segment on the seemingly increasing advantages of playing at home in college basketball grabbed his attention.

And it occurred to the junior forward that the Demon Deacons aren’t alone in their struggles on the road.

“It’s a thing nationwide, not just Wake Forest,” McKie said he told himself.

But another realization emerged, too.

“We’ve definitely got to play better on the road,” McKie said. “We can’t get blown out like we have the last two times. That’s just unacceptable.

“I think the problem with us that makes it so hard to figure out is, it’s so spread. We play so good here and then we play so bad on the road. But we’ve definitely got to get better, or make it closer at least.”

The Demon Deacons are 1-7 this season away from Joel Coliseum, with the only victory coming in December at UNC Greensboro.

In the Atlantic Coast Conference, Wake Forest is 0-6 in road games. And all except one of those defeats — a one-point loss at Virginia Tech — have been delivered by an average margin of 21 points.

Around campus, the corny joke goes that maybe Wake Forest — 6-1 in its last seven games at Joel Coliseum, with the lone loss coming against Duke — should try wearing its home white uniforms during away games.

That marked Fischer’s first double-digit scoring effort since Dec. 22, a byproduct, coach Jeff Bzdelik said, of better ball and player movement within the Demon Deacons’ system.

“I think the last couple games it was too much dribbling,” Bzdelik said, “and then guys wind up not taking open shots or the kind of shots we practice every day. We have to help each other shoot the ball. We’ve worked hard to get more movement.”